Research Paper On Self Discovery By Ana Clavel

The Clitoral Truth was the first book I’ve ever read that openly talks about masturbation, genitals, and equality. The first chapter talks about women’s genitalia and the orgasm that doesn’t seem to make an appearance as much as it should be. I thought women sexuality was about the parts and how it changes during intercourse, but there is a whole new side. After reading chapter one, it made me realize that society just focuses on men’s needs and parts. I was very oblivious to the fact that women sexuality was so shunned and how unaware society is on the matter compared to men.

What is the purpose of life? Is it to be happy? To be well known? To be wealthy? Everyone is placed on earth to embark on an individual journey. Whether it is controllable or comes as a surprise, it must not be taken for granted but accepted as a gift. In Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried, O’Brien was chosen from the draft to be deployed to the Vietnam War. He set off on this journey to fight for his country, but had to find himself along the way. In Song of Myself written by Walt Whitman, Whitman was tired of his day to day routine and set off on a tranquil journey to connect himself with the earth. Although “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien and “Song of Myself” both demonstrate a journey of self-discovery, they differ in that one

A deeper look into the text shows grossly sexist ideals, dark sexual themes, and the questionable past of the author. Possibly the most blatant

This novel “is a book that truly speaks to adolescents in contemporary language and with teenage characters about adolescent sexuality” (Kaplan 27). Katherine is learning about her sexuality in the novel.

While her book was considered "obscene, lewd and lascivious material" (Gray, 43), Sanger was convinced that education about these topics were necessary. Through the publishing of What Every girl Should Know, Margaret Sanger demonstrated to common women, to her adversaries, and to the government that women deserve the right to learn about and understand their bodies.

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston is about a young woman that is lost in her own world. She longs to be a part of something and to have “a great journey to the horizons in search of people” (85). Janie Crawford’s journey to the horizon is told as a story to her best friend Phoebe. She experiences three marriages and three communities that “represent increasingly wide circles of experience and opportunities for expression of personal choice” (Crabtree). Their Eyes Were Watching God is an important fiction piece that explores relations throughout black communities and families. It also examines different issues such as, gender and class and these issues bring forth the theme of voice. In Janie’s attempt to find herself, she

Dr. Sandra D. Wilson (2001) asks, “Have you ever felt as if you were the only caterpillar in a butterfly world? Do you often feel as if you have to do twice as much to be half as good as other” (p. 16)? If you answered, yes, then that is what Wilson (2001) calls binding shame. “Shame is the soul-deep belief that something is horribly wrong with me that is not wrong with anyone else in the entire world. If I am bound by shame, I feel hopelessly, distinguishingly different and worthless (p. 16).

This paper is the development of my personal theory on Christian Counseling. I use many scriptural references to support my beliefs and stress the importance of gaining wisdom and knowledge from the bible. It incorporates all of the presentations, readings, and critiques I did at Liberty University’s Theology and Spirituality in counseling course. I talk about how I integrate Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality into my Christian counseling and believe that they all have a lot to offer the Christian counselor. The role of integration and multitasking is necessary to be an effective Christian counselor under the guidelines of the American Association of Christian

Sexuality and personal growth has and always will be a topic of conversation in real life and even in fiction short stories. The idea of sexuality has just recently not only became an open idea to discuss but one to also write and publish about. Both Alice Munro and John Updike both illustrate the idea of sexuality and personal growth in very different ways. “The Found Boat” by Alice Munro, deals with sexuality in an aggressive manner while “A&P” by John Updike, deals more with the idea of sexuality rather than sexuality itself. They also have very similar elements of fiction that include (but is not limited to) characters, theme and conflict. The characters relate in both

These powerful ideologies the women are contemplating over time the course of the journey places heroines in a position where they must make a choice Does she accept her potential, or return to being forced in to live in the socio-political norms that constrains women views and ideologies? The moments of realization of who the heroine truly is, is when exposed to a difficult scenario of tyranny and oppression. This is when the Gothic heroine and Young Adult heroine choose their self-worth over their tyrannical, patriarchal forces that had been holding them back.

Lesbianism plays a significant role in the book. It may be seen as the alternative world that the author knows nothing about, but latter explores it eagerly, making it an irreplaceable element of her personality. She finds out that lesbians were able for form communities and she was able to become part of them in several countries. Furthermore, the author explores all aspects of lesbian love ranging from genuine to

This topic is extremely important as it revolves around the subject of feminism and sexualism, two topics that need to be taken more into consideration when reading a novel. The portrayal of female characters in novels that are read around the world are very impactful towards the female portion of the world as it places them in a spectrum of what they should act and look like to meet the standards of society. Focusing specifically on the development of the female characters and how they are just as powerful as men is an interesting idea to navigate around, focusing on the feminist portion of the novel. In current academic studies there has been substantial amount of works that are about women empowerment, with authors that believe the exact same, such as Purple Hibiscus and The Help.

This part will discuss self-awareness and continuous self-development through analyzing a number of prior researches, then come up with the link of them to support my role as a manager in the future.

     My first reaction to Egalia’s Daughters, by Gerd Brantenberg, was something like "WHAT is this". I was immediately very confused, and had no idea what this author was writing about. In fact, I felt as though I opened the book to the middle of a story, and became turned off by the whole experience. It took about three chapters, and someone’s help, until I started to read the book understandably, with ease, and began to enjoy the world I was entering. It became very apparent that I would have to detach myself from all that I thought I knew about gender, and simply allow myself to take in the message Brantenberg was trying to

Since its publication in 1990, Gender Trouble has become one of the key works of contemporary feminist theory, and an essential work for anyone interested in the study of gender, queer theory, or the politics of sexuality in culture. This is the text where Judith Butler began to advance the ideas that would go on to take life as "performativity theory," as well as some of the first articulations of the possibility for subversive gender practices, and she writes in her preface to the 10th anniversary edition released in 1999 that one point of Gender Trouble was "not to prescribe a new gendered way of life [...] but to open up the field of possibility for gender [...]" Widely taught, and widely debated, Gender Trouble continues to offer a powerful